Our Leadership

John Blevin serves as senior vice president and general counsel for CSI, providing leadership for the company’s legal, compliance and ethics functions. He has more than 19 years of experience advising public companies on product, revenue, corporate development and risk mitigation strategies. Before joining CSI, John served as senior managing counsel for Visa, overseeing and developing the legal strategy for Visa Business Solutions and Global Deals areas.

John has also worked as a vice president for First Data Corporation, where he managed the company’s M&A, joint venture and venture investment transactions. Previously in his career, John served as a senior associate with one of the world’s leading law firms, Weil Gotshal, where he advised senior executives of public and private companies on a range of topics, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, securities matters and corporate governance issues. John earned a B.S. from the University of Buffalo and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.

Brian Brown serves as chief financial officer for CSI. With more than 15 years of experience in corporate finance, Brian provides leadership for CSI’s financial reporting, accounting, tax, budgeting, planning and analysis, treasury management and investor relations. For the past seven years, he has held various leadership roles within CSI’s corporate finance team, including senior vice president of finance, vice president of finance and director of financial planning and analysis. Brian brings a depth of expertise to his position, having consistently contributed to CSI’s financial and strategic planning processes, investor relations activities and financial reporting.

Prior to joining CSI, Brian held leadership positions with JMP Coal Holdings, LLC; FCB Services, Inc. (a subsidiary of Farmers Capital Bank Corp) and the Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions. Brian earned a Master of Science in Finance from Indiana University Kelley School of Business, a Master of Business Administration from University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics and a Bachelor of Arts in Finance and Economics from Transylvania University.

David Culbertson serves as a board member and CSI’s President and CEO, providing strategic vision and leadership for the company. In his role, David ensures CSI is delivering value to both customers and shareholders, leading the strategic direction of the company’s portfolio of fintech, regtech and technology solutions.

David began his CSI career in 1989. Since then, he has held numerous leadership positions, including vice president of research and business development, group president of technology services and chief operating officer. David has served his community on various boards and currently serves on The Carson Center for The Performing Arts and Kentucky Regional Board for Mercy Health. He is also a past president of the Association for Financial Technology (AFT). David earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Virginia and is a graduate of the Wharton School Executive Education program.

Bob Ezell serves as chief customer experience officer for CSI. In his role, Bob oversees all facets of the customer experience, including relationship management, customer service and education services, for CSI’s Enterprise Banking group. He has more than three decades of experience working closely with financial institution executives on adopting innovative technologies that enhance customer engagement and improve operational performance.

During his career, he also has held positions in account management and product management, which allows him to specialize in integrating the user experience into new platforms and helping banks leverage technology to its fullest. Bob is a past director and president of the Association for Financial Technology (AFT) and has served on various product advisory boards for fintech companies as well as the board for the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce. Bob earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Business Administration from Murray State University.

Linda Fischer serves as CSI’s chief operating officer. In this role, she leads operations and strategy execution for the organization, leveraging her extensive background in the financial, hospitality, insurance and retail industries. With more than 30 years of wide-ranging experience, Linda has expertise in sales and business development, profit and loss (P&L) management, product launch and go-to-market strategies, client care and change management.

Prior to joining CSI, Linda served as general manager of the hospitality segment at NCR and led the P&L of this $850 million business, including the strategic focus and day-to-day operations for over 100,000 restaurants globally. Linda also spent more than 25 years with FIS (formerly Metavante), where she served in a variety of roles, including senior vice president of sales and strategic account management. She was responsible for market share gain, customer retention and the expansion of hundreds of domestic core processing client relationships.

Linda earned a Master of Business Administration from the Keller Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor of Business Administration in computer science from the University of Wisconsin.

Kurt Guenther serves as chief revenue officer for CSI. In his role, he provides strategic leadership for the company’s sales and revenue-generating teams, driving both new sales and cross-sales for all of CSI. Kurt previously served as group president for CSI Business Solutions.

Prior to joining CSI in early 2019, he served as the head of U.S. Banking and Capital Markets for SAP. In addition to his leadership role at SAP, Kurt has served in various senior leadership positions within the fintech industry, including at Fiserv. He attended Arizona State University and is an active member, former board member and past president of the Association for Financial Technology (AFT).

Paul Koziarz serves as CSI’s chief development officer. In this role, he leads the company’s focus on strategic acquisitions and partnerships. He has spent more than 25 years in the financial services industry. He was president of Financial Technology, Inc. (FTI), a Chicago-based company that provided financial management and decision support systems to more than 2,000 banks worldwide. He was also a vice president with HNC Software Inc. in San Diego, where he focused on growing the community bank business segment for its profitability and analytics solutions. Paul earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance and a Master of Business Administration from Southern Illinois University.

Allison Maddock serves as senior vice president and chief product officer, a role in which she leads CSI’s product management team to deliver solutions aligned with CSI’s vision and strategy. As a member of the executive leadership team, she uses her product management, strategy, operations and technology expertise to advance CSI’s products and services.

Allison has built cross-functional product management teams at multiple organizations, incorporating product, market and user research and design into each team. Before joining CSI, Allison managed mortgage lending products at Franklin American Mortgage and Wells Fargo. She also holds product management experience in personal financial education from her time at Ramsey Solutions as well as ServiceMaster, a national home service brands provider.

She earned a marketing degree from Texas Christian University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. Allison also holds multiple certifications, including Certified Scrum Master, Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) certification, and Six Sigma Black Belt and Green Belt, and has trained with Silicon Valley Product Group.

Giovanni Mastronardi is senior advisor to CSI’s chief executive officer (CEO), serving as a member of the executive leadership team and providing counsel on a variety of critical topics. Gio supports the CEO in leading strategic projects, advises on key initiatives and works closely with other members of the executive team to implement short- and long-term priorities for CSI.

Gio previously served as CSI’s group president for Enterprise Banking and was responsible for leading CSI’s sales efforts, product development, implementation services and customer support. Prior to becoming group president, Gio served as CSI’s chief sales officer, a role in which he led the nationwide sales and sales support organization in achievement of key growth metrics.

Gio holds more than 24 years’ experience working with online platforms, including mobile and Internet banking, as well as electronic payment channels. He also has 10 years of direct banking experience and earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from San Diego State University.

Keith Monson serves as CSI’s chief risk officer. In this role, Keith maintains an enterprise-wide compliance framework for risk assessment and reporting, as well as other key components of CSI’s corporate compliance program. With over 30 years of experience, he frequently speaks nationally on a variety of compliance related issues. He has served as a chief compliance officer for a range of financial institutions, and his background includes assisting financial institutions as a compliance consultant and a chief risk officer. Keith served as a director for the Missouri Bankers Association, where he was the Chairman of the Regulatory Affairs Committee and Chairman of the Compliance Committee. Keith also served as a Chairman of the CRCM Advisory Board and was a former member of the Certification Council for the Institute of Certified Bankers. More recently, he co-chaired the Enterprise Risk Management Working Group, wrote for and served as the Chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board and participated in the Compliance Executive Committee and the Regulatory Compliance Conference Advisory Committee for the American Bankers Association.

Keith received the 2009 Distinguished Service Award from the ABA Compliance Administrative Committee for his work in the compliance field. He uses his storied background to support financial institutions with the design and continued enhancement of core compliance practices. Mr. Monson earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Truman State University.

Vijayaraghava (Vijay) Reddy serves as CSI’s chief technology officer (CTO). In this role, he leads CSI’s software engineering group, infrastructure management group and operations team. Prior to joining CSI, Vijay was senior vice president of technology at Equifax, a global data, analytics and technology company. He has more than 20 years of experience developing innovative and disruptive technology solutions and leading results-oriented teams, with a focus on customer experience, enterprise technology and cloud adoption. Vijay holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Bangalore University in India.

Steve Sanders serves as CSI’s chief information security officer. In his role, Steve leads CSI’s information security vision, strategy and program, and chairs the company’s Information Security Committee. He also oversees vulnerability monitoring and awareness programs as well as information security training. With more than 15 years of experience focused on cybersecurity, information security and privacy, he employs his strong background in audit, information security and IT security to help board members and senior management gain a command of cyber risk oversight.

Steve is a CISA, CRISC, CRMA and CTGA and is trained in Financial Auditing, Risk Assessment Development, Bank Secrecy Act, GLBA, and various IT Audit programs. He is a 2003 graduate of Murray State University, earning a degree in Telecommunications Systems Management, with an emphasis in eSecurity.

Tara Schultz serves as senior vice president of Strategy at CSI. In this role, she develops corporate strategies to accelerate revenue growth through new products, partnerships and acquisitions. She holds more than 15 years of experience in the fintech and financial services industry through her time at Wells Fargo and CSI. With a proven track record of driving revenue growth and executing strategic partnerships, Tara is a results-driven leader who is passionate about customer choice, user experience and helping financial institutions differentiate, diversify and compete through fintech.

Prior to this role, she led a team that focused on modernizing and expanding CSI’s API infrastructure, growing fintech partnerships to widen choices for CSI financial institutions and expanding CSI’s solutions into new markets—including healthcare—to benefit both CSI and community financial institutions as sponsor banks. Tara earned a bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and holds executive leadership certificates from Washington University in St. Louis and Harvard University.

Charmaine Smith serves as CSI’s Chief People Officer (CPO). In this role, she acts as a steward of CSI’s Best Place to Work culture, while providing the best employee experience and strategically aligning Human Resources to business needs.  Prior to joining CSI, Charmaine was the vice president of human resources at Samsung Austin Semiconductor. She has worked in the high-tech industry for more than 23 years, completing over 280 mergers and acquisitions and building the largest fabrication plant at its time. Charmaine earned a Bachelor of Science from Eastern Michigan University.

Jennifer Werner serves as CSI’s chief marketing officer, a role in which she leads brand development, marketing strategy and public relations initiatives. Jennifer has nearly 25 years of experience in conceiving, developing, implementing and driving B2B and B2C marketing strategies within financial services, payments and healthcare industries. She has a demonstrated history of building and managing large-scale marketing initiatives within fast-paced, entrepreneurial organizations. Jennifer earned a degree in organizational communications with a focus on marketing from Lipscomb University.